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Michihiro Mochida

Michihiro Mochida

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
5303
World Ranking
8417
National Ranking
175

Michihiro Mochida publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michihiro Mochida sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 98 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Michihiro Mochida D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michihiro Mochida sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michihiro Mochida is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Atmospheric Science and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

The main topics of Mochida's research include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and air quality related subjects. Specifically, these topics encompass air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, as well as odor and emission control technologies.

Mochida has a record of publications in several venues with multiple entries, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Scientific Reports
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Recent notable papers authored by or with Mochida's involvement include:

  • Number-Size Distribution and CCN Activity of Atmospheric Aerosols in the Western North Pacific During Spring Pre-Bloom Period: Influences of Terrestrial and Marine Sources (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • In Situ Surface Tension Measurement of Deliquesced Aerosol Particles (2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)
  • Abundance, chemical structure, and light absorption properties of humic-like substances (HULIS) and other organic fractions of forest aerosols in Hokkaido (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Distinctive Sources Govern Organic Aerosol Fractions with Different Degrees of Oxygenation in the Urban Atmosphere (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Water Solubility Distribution of Organic Matter Accounts for the Discrepancy in Hygroscopicity among Sub- and Supersaturated Humidity Regimes (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)

Frequent co-authors contributing to Mochida's collaborative research include:

  • Ruichen Zhou
  • Kimitaka Kawamura
  • Yuzo Miyazaki
  • Yange Deng
  • Sonia Afsana

Best Publications

  • Composition and major sources of organic compounds of aerosol particulate matter sampled during the ACE-Asia campaign

    Bernd R.T. Simoneit;Bernd R.T. Simoneit;Minoru Kobayashi;Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Fatty acids in the marine atmosphere: Factors governing their concentrations and evaluation of organic films on sea‐salt particles

    Michihiro Mochida;Yasuyuki Kitamori;Kimitaka Kawamura;Yukihiro Nojiri

  • Time‐resolved measurements of water‐soluble organic carbon in Tokyo

    Y. Miyazaki;Y. Kondo;N. Takegawa;Y. Komazaki

  • Spatial distributions of oxygenated organic compounds (dicarboxylic acids, fatty acids, and levoglucosan) in marine aerosols over the western Pacific and off the coast of East Asia: Continental outflow of organic aerosols during the ACE-Asia campaign

    Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura;Nobuhiko Umemoto;Minoru Kobayashi

  • Characterization of Chromophoric Water-Soluble Organic Matter in Urban, Forest, and Marine Aerosols by HR-ToF-AMS Analysis and Excitation–Emission Matrix Spectroscopy

    Qingcai Chen;Yuzo Miyazaki;Kimitaka Kawamura;Kiyoshi Matsumoto

  • Organic and inorganic compositions of marine aerosols from East Asia: Seasonal variations of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, major ions, total carbon and nitrogen, and stable C and N isotopic composition

    Kimitaka Kawamura;Minoru Kobayashi;Nobuyuki Tsubonuma;Michihiro Mochida

  • Hygroscopic properties of levoglucosan and related organic compounds characteristic to biomass burning aerosol particles

    Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Light Absorption and Excitation–Emission Fluorescence of Urban Organic Aerosol Components and Their Relationship to Chemical Structure

    Qingcai Chen;Fumikazu Ikemori;Michihiro Mochida

  • Seasonal variation and origins of dicarboxylic acids in the marine atmosphere over the western North Pacific

    Michihiro Mochida;Aki Kawabata;Kimitaka Kawamura;Hiroaki Hatsushika;Hiroaki Hatsushika

  • Aerosol particles collected on aircraft flights over the northwestern Pacific region during the ACE-Asia campaign: Composition and major sources of the organic compounds

    Bernd R. T. Simoneit;Bernd R. T. Simoneit;Minoru Kobayashi;Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Bimodal size distributions of various organic acids and fatty acids in the marine atmosphere: Influence of anthropogenic aerosols, Asian dusts, and sea spray off the coast of East Asia

    Michihiro Mochida;Michihiro Mochida;Nobuhiko Umemoto;Kimitaka Kawamura;Ho Jin Lim;Ho Jin Lim

  • Seasonal variation of levoglucosan in aerosols over the western North Pacific and its assessment as a biomass-burning tracer

    Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura;Pingqing Fu;Toshihiko Takemura

  • Ozonolysis of Mixed Oleic-Acid/Stearic-Acid Particles: Reaction Kinetics and Chemical Morphology

    Y. Katrib;G. Biskos;P. R. Buseck;P. Davidovits

  • Ice core records of biomass burning tracers (levoglucosan and dehydroabietic, vanillic and p-hydroxybenzoic acids) and total organic carbon for past 300 years in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Northeast Asia

    Kimitaka Kawamura;Yusuke Izawa;Michihiro Mochida;Takayuki Shiraiwa

  • Chemical Structural Characteristics of HULIS and Other Fractionated Organic Matter in Urban Aerosols: Results from Mass Spectral and FT-IR Analysis.

    Qingcai Chen;Fumikazu Ikemori;Hayato Higo;Daichi Asakawa

  • Mass spectral evidence that small changes in composition caused by oxidative aging processes alter aerosol CCN properties.

    J. E. Shilling;Stephanie M. King;M. Mochida;D. R. Worsnop

  • Growth of organic aerosols by biogenic semi-volatile carbonyls in the forestal atmosphere

    Sou Matsunaga;Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • In situ measurement of isoprene in the marine air and surface seawater from the western North Pacific

    Sou Matsunaga;Michihiro Mochida;Takuya Saito;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Laboratory studies of sources of HONO in polluted urban atmospheres

    Najat A. Saliba;Michihiro Mochida;Barbara. J. Finlayson-Pitts

  • Properties of light‐absorbing aerosols in the Nagoya urban area, Japan, in August 2011 and January 2012: Contributions of brown carbon and lensing effect

    Tomoki Nakayama;Yuka Ikeda;Yuuki Sawada;Yoshitaka Setoguchi

  • Spatial distributions of oxygenated organic compounds (dicarboxylic acids, fatty acids, and levoglucosan) in marine aerosols over the western Pacific and off the coast of East Asia: Continental outflow of organic aerosols during the ACE-Asia campaign : Characterization of Asian aerosols and their radiative impacts on climate

    Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura;Nobuhiko Umemoto;Minoru Kobayashi

  • Aerosol particles collected on aircraft flights over the northwestern Pacific region during the ACE-Asia campaign: Composition and major sources of the organic compounds : Characterization of Asian aerosols and their radiative impacts on climate

    Bernd R. T. Simoneit;Minoru Kobayashi;Michihiro Mochida;Kimitaka Kawamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Yuzo Miyazaki
Yuzo Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Bernd R.T. Simoneit Oregon State University
Yutaka Kondo
Yutaka Kondo National Institute of Polar Research
Yoshizumi Kajii
Yoshizumi Kajii Kyoto University
Nobuyuki Takegawa
Nobuyuki Takegawa Tokyo Metropolitan University
Yutaka Matsumi
Yutaka Matsumi Nagoya University
Barbara J. Turpin
Barbara J. Turpin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tareq Hussein
Tareq Hussein University of Helsinki
Pingqing Fu
Pingqing Fu Tianjin University

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